Bumbu Bali, Restaurant & Cooking School

The extravagant beauty and delights of Bali extends to its very difficult to find cuisine. We are delighted to serve you “only” authentic Balinese cuisine in a traditional crafted village home setting. Two and a half decades investigating and documenting Balinese cuisine are the foundation in the style of cooking served in our restaurants. To further enhance the quality of our dishes we spend daily hours at the local markets to source the ripest fruits, garden-freshest vegetables, and fish that is caught the same morning. This together with our highly trained service and kitchen team will ensure a most memorable dining experience.

Three unique addresses where we show case the very best of Balinese Hospitality and Balinese food culture.

Recognized by locals and visitors alike as the leading Balinese Restaurant in Bali, and the many awards received since opening the small door in 1997, together with the incorporation of every day Balinese life into a harmonious surrounding will ensure a most memorable and authentic dining experience.

Then back in 2010 we where outmost fortunate to open Bumbu Bali 2, which is, only a short 500 meters further down the same road. The food served is virtually the same with the addition of several giant meat prawns and seafood skewers.

Built on the success of Bumbu Bali, Restaurant & Cooking School, we continued with our efforts to bring Balinese food another step closer to the interested gourmet traveler and to people who enjoy sampling the delightful flavors of Bali.

Discover the spiced flavors of Bali’s virtually unknown cuisine. Classes offer a fascinating introduction in to the exotic ingredients and unique culinary heritage of Bali. They provide a valuable insight into the various techniques, traditional and modern, of food preparation and the cooking style used in homes across the island.

Bali’s best place to discover Balinese food culture

Since opening Bumbu Bali, Restaurant & Cooking School in 1997 we have been awarded numerous times as one of the leading Balinese restaurants on Bali. Strangely enough after 19 years we are still the only authentic Balinese restaurant on the island. Unfortunately in Bali’s mystic culture eating is very much a solitary affair, and locals mostly just eat to fill their bellies. Then the fact that Indonesia in the past did not manufacture ceramics prevented people from serving food as the Chinese did for millenniums. We take incredible pride in presenting to you Bali’s food culture in its original authentic way. The only alterations we do is in the presentation, as we take only the finest ceramics the island’s artisans produce.

RUMAH BALI

Located in Tanjung Benoa on the Southern tip of Bali, our very own little village is just 150 meters away from some of Bali’s best beaches.

SULFUR PORTERS

Please spare 12 minutes of you valuable time and watch this two heartbreaking stories explaining our involvement in assisting the sulfur porters of East Java.

TURTLE CONSERVATION

For years we have been passionately active with the task of saving as many marine turtles and their eggs from the stew pan as possible.

VON HOLZEN PHOTO

From the sublime beauty of sandy beaches of Bali, it’s volcanoes, forests and lakes to the richness of it’s cuisine, arts and crafts.